Bastyr University, one of the country's premier schools of naturopathic medicine, teaches healing in a sustainable way that connects people to the natural world. So when the decision was made in 2007 to add student housing to its campus in Kenmore's St. Edwards Park, creating a sustainable, healing and connected environment was the primary goal.

The city of Seattle developed Fire Station 35 in Crown Hill, a $7.2 million LEED gold project that opened last October. Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning designed the station and Kirtley-Cole Associates was the general contractor.